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The Church and State in American History, Third Edition
The Church and State in American History Third Edition Author:John F Wilson, Donald Drakeman The controversies surrounding aid to parochial schools, "blue laws," school prayer, and birth control programs have been central to the ongoing search for the proper boundary between religious and political authority in America. This concise volume features chronologically organized selections from such official documents as colonial charters, c... more »ourt opinions, and legislation, along with incisive twentieth-century interpretations of the issues they treat. Historical figures as diverse as John F. Kennedy, Perry Miller, Reinhold Niebhur, and Paul Blanshard, together with contemporary ones illuminate the interrelationships between the legal, political, and religious structures of American society.« less